as we hurricane sandy. jennifer donelan has a look at the preparations here. >> first, doug hill joins us on the stormst position. >> that is all we are talking it is such an weathe5ronfluence of that could create historic conditions. the latest satellite image, the circulation southeast of category 2 105 mop or wind, -- 10 5 mile per the east, moving to northeast. exactly where. the storm track is between new jersey.that this may get weaker, but even when it makes landfall, it will more into the extra tropical, mega storm we have been talking

about. sunday night through tuesday, we are expecting threats of excessive , high and damaging wind, associated power outages, and flooding on the coast. >> thankou, doug. we continue team coverage with many preparations underway washington area. jennifer donelan is live in northeast washington. she >> has how we are battening down in the metro area. >> this will be the problem away the coast. look at all of these leaves. the leaves are coming down. the possibility is very real e clawedcould have som storm drains. mean even more flooding. in college park, pepco crews out ahead of what may be a blowout from hurricane sandy. >> i'm very concerned. >> he lost power five days of

the summer. >> i am concerned about my children. other street.he >> pepco had already begun preparations. outside contractors are already in the area trying to reliability. pepco says they secure the extra storm.or the a host of workers are going duty this weekend. and everytime it rains bad, there is flooding. >> d.c. water sent out a number of crews today to check the system and also hit in every quadrant of the city. >> making sure i am prepared in basement and are tenants are -- and our ready prepared and ready. >> this person is among the

buyingave of customers depot ins at the home district. customers bought batteries. >> i really was not paying before, but i am now. >> the official leaf collection and the district starts november after the storm. as far as the beaches, we also have reporters there, bethany beach, taking this very seriously, very worried about beach erosion. they just spent the past two beach.ebuilding the they're worried this hurricane literally change the landscape. jennifer donelan, abc 7 news. >> we will talk more about sandy broadcast, and a new advisory will be released before 11:00. also, the latest is always on wjla.com. >> the race for the white house the battleground of virginia including a presidential dominionthe old

city.l in all, three virginia cities re hosting campaign events today. ryan was in bristol this morning. will be in charlottesville. president obama played host to people in richmond this afternoon. richmond andwas in has more from the newsroom. bigger offense, though expect another when he campaigns with bill clinton monday. spokesperson's said they don't know how things out, which is why we're seeing so much of him in virginia and why today was such l stopped intended for just for urging of voters. the view of the president tells story. a reported 15,000 craned their glimpse, but his message was to the cameras. >> all you have to do is vote. >> the president spent the night while insideone u.s. for the first time.

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along with portland, seattle, and it austin, texas. >> still ahead, big changes to liberty.e of >> and this storm looks menacing from space. has a look inside hurricane sandy and what we can expect. the perfect storm and san .rancisco last night is back on the golf course. the redskins iron man may not make it. sports is coming out.

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o navigate for t visitors with disabilities. sunday, the statue's 126th anniversary. people using wheelchair's will visit the observation the first time. new staircase is an emergency elevator have also been installed. >> lady liberty may be a good place to watch the storm. >> sunday should be fine. r that, a different story. same for us, we will be okay l late sunday night. monday, tuesday, it could go downhill in a hurry. look out to the west from the sun set about a just below theo, horizon. overhead, the skies are clear. low clouds, drizzle and fog late just like this morning. the scoreboard, 71, sunshine at national, the average low, 48, a very mild low this

morning of 62. the wind coming out of the east. the cooler air still warm to the west. 69 reagan national, 70 degrees culpeper and fredericksburg. this is the influence of the ocean air, a player the next days.l front is coming from the west. detroit, 75. pronounced front, and be a major player night, monday,ay tuesday. front depends on how that upper level low interact with sandy. all of these things will happen. the fine details of exactly how, when, and where yet to be resolved. the computer models suggest it to the west, over the and jog to the northeast. saturday afternoon, sunday afternoon, it lenders. eventually by tuesday, 2:00

p.m., the hurricane center track the west land just to of atlantic city. the storm gets bigger and stronger, a much bigger winfield and rain field. that is what is happening in the bahamas. mile per hour, 105 wind. no matter where it comes onshore, the storms will extend the south, west, and north. much wherever it goes, we on ourve an impact weather conditions. heavy it wind, a lot of rain, chance. 15% chance there could be historic flooding and damage. rake leaves because that will be tide will be high a problem. plan ahead. we will keep you on top of it of the way. day, the temperatures

drop, the wind picks up, the rain increase. we will stay with you every step of the way. >> and now the toyota sports brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> hi. >> hi there. >> sorry to disturb you. a message, maryland lost another quarterback. >> any sign of london fletcher? is the other thing. him at redskins park. a good sign when london fletcher was nowhere to be found. the iron man's streak of 236 games is in serious jeopardy. the defense is a shadow of all of these injuries, now fletcher, and the defense is doing it with mirrors. is banged the offense well. an impact in the not been close to 100%, garcon.

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